Quick answer — Business Innovation & SkillsLast refreshed 17 Jan 2017

At a glance

Business Innovation & Skills has awarded £339k across 9 suppliers.

Why: Top supplier share 21% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 0% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration21%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share0%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Business Innovation & Skills is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 12 published notices and 12 awards on PublicSupply.

12
Notices published
12
Awards
9
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

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12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£27k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Business Innovation & Skills — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified12 · £339k

Instrument type

contract12 · £339k
Source:Contracts Finder: 12

Awarded contracts · 0 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Business Innovation & Skills is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of UKCS Licensee Financial Analysis Support to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (now the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS))Ernest and Young LLP73000000£29k09 Sept 2016active
National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory Quality Assurance Improvement Programme Scoping ProjectCambridge Architectural Research73000000£51k12 Jan 2017active
CONTRACT VARIATION FOR THE PROVISION OF TECHNICAL AND LEGAL DRAFTING SUPPORT TO THE GREEN DEAL ARRANGEMENTS AGREEMENT (GDAA) PANELGemserv Ltd79100000£13k19 Dec 2016active
CO2 transport and storage: review of business models (Phase 1)Pale Blue Dot Energy Limited73000000£20k17 Jan 2017active
Heat Networks Delivery Unit Events and CommunicationsSE2 Ltd80520000£73k18 Oct 2016active
Attendance at IPCC Scoping MeetingAether73000000£6k22 Aug 2016active
Funding of Participants for UNFCCC Inventory Review ProcessAether73000000£25k22 Aug 2016active
Developing a Methodology to Assess Biomethane Leakage from AD plantsRicardo Energy & Environment73110000£60k12 Dec 2016active
Demand-side specialist member for Panel of Technical Experts on Electricity Market / Capacity Market65300000£0active
Statistician and Modeller member for Panel of Technical Experts on Electricity Market / Capacity Market79330000£0active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
SL
1 contract · 18 Oct
£73k
21% of total
2
RE
1 contract · 12 Dec
£60k
18% of total
3
CA
£51k
15% of total
4
ES
£49k
14% of total
5
AE
2 contracts · 22 Aug
£31k
9% of total
6
EA
1 contract · 09 Sept
£29k
8% of total
7
PB
1 contract · 17 Jan
£20k
6% of total
8
KL
1 contract · 21 Sept
£16k
5% of total
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1 other suppliers
long tail · 0 SMEs
£13k
4% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

R&D services
8 contracts
£254k
75%
Education, training
1 contract
£73k
21%
Business, legal, advisory
2 contracts
£13k
4%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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R&D services
Education, training
Business, legal, advisory
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Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Business Innovation & Skills has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

0%
SME supplier share
target 33%
0
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
9
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 0% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
United Kingdom

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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